AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT TO
ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Amendment (the “Amendment”) is made as of December 1, 2022 by and between RBC FUNDS TRUST (the “Fund”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (“BNY Mellon”).
BACKGROUND:
A. | WHEREAS, the Fund and BNY Mellon are parties to an Administration and Accounting Services Agreement dated as of October 5, 2007, as amended (the “Agreement”); |
B. | WHEREAS, the Fund and BNY Mellon desire to amend the Agreement as set forth herein to add RBC Emerging Markets ex-China Equity Fund, RBC International Equity Fund and RBC International Small Cap Equity Fund; |
TERMS:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. | Exhibit A of the Agreement shall be replaced in its entirety with the updated Exhibit A attached hereto. |
2. | For the avoidance of doubt, the investment company reporting modernization services set forth in the Amendment to Fund Administration and Accounting Services Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2018, between the parties hereto applies to all funds listed on Exhibit A, unless otherwise noted. |
3. | As hereby amended and supplemented, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Amendment and the terms of the Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control. |
4. | This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts and such execution may occur by manual signature on a copy of the Amendment physically delivered, on a copy of the Amendment transmitted by facsimile transmission or on a copy of the Amendment transmitted as an imaged document attached to an email, or by “Electronic Signature”, which is hereby defined to mean inserting an image, representation or symbol of a signature into an electronic copy of the Amendment by electronic, digital or other technological methods. Each counterpart executed in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed an original, with all such counterparts together constituting one and the same instrument. The exchange of executed counterparts of this Amendment or of executed signature pages to counterparts of this Amendment, in either case by facsimile transmission or as an imaged document attached to an email transmission, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Amendment and may be used for all purposes in lieu of a manually executed and physically delivered copy of this Amendment. |
5. | If any provision or provisions of this Amendment shall be held to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired. |
(Signature page follows)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the effective date by its duly authorized representative designated below. An authorized representative, if executing this Amendment by Electronic Signature, affirms authorization to execute this Amendment by Electronic Signature and that the Electronic Signature represents an intent to enter into this Amendment and an agreement with its terms.
RBC FUNDS TRUST | ||
By: |
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Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
EXHIBIT A
PORTFOLIOS
Access Capital Community Investment Fund
RBC BlueBay Core Plus Bond Fund
RBC BlueBay Emerging Market Debt Fund
RBC BlueBay High Yield Bond Fund
RBC BlueBay Strategic Income Fund
RBC China Equity Fund
RBC Emerging Markets Equity Fund
RBC Emerging Markets ex-China Equity Fund
RBC Emerging Markets Value Equity Fund
RBC Enterprise Fund
RBC Global Equity Leaders Fund
RBC Global Opportunities Fund
RBC Impact Bond Fund
RBC International Equity Fund
RBC International Opportunities Fund
RBC International Small Cap Equity Fund
RBC Microcap Value Fund
RBC Short Duration Fixed Income Fund
RBC Small Cap Core Fund
RBC Small Cap Growth Fund
RBC Small Cap Value Fund
RBC XXXX Cap Growth Fund
RBC Ultra-Short Fixed Income Fund
U.S. Government Money Market Fund1
1 | Investment company reporting modernization services do not apply. |